Just resently bought a 800W PSU made by Gigabyte, which works great! Great finnish and modulized power plugs as well. The pricetag is somewhere around 100 Euro. Why haven't Anand yet had a look at those? Reply

just bought one from JR, came DOA, but they're doing an Advanced Replacement for me. One thing I gotta, say, is this beast is huge! Hopefully I get a consistent power flow, because my last TT 700W PSU, (toughpower) I think sucked. Killed 3 MBs... but then again, i'm just speculating. Reply

Why are all these PSUs so expensive? I got my OCZ StealthXStream 600w PSU for $60, I believe. Not the highest build quality ever I'm sure, but it's got to be better than the $70 450w PSU in the "budget" section. It was on sale, but you can get it on Newegg for $79. Actually, it's $54 after MIR. Reply

And for the $70 Corsair 450, it can be had regularly at buy.com for $49-55 after a Corsair rebate. At $70-75, you can get their 550vx or 650tx models. Hell, I've seen their 750tx for $89 w/rebate and google checkout. And they're always shipped free...BUY.com for the Corsair WIN! Reply

I'm not saying that it is or it isn't better because I haven't looked at any reviews of that ps however the only information you've included to back up that it's got to be better is the brand, watts, and the price.

Almost every PSU in this list is linked to an article where we actually review the item in question, showing among other things voltage stability, efficiency, and noise levels. This is a Buyer's Guide, not a review, which is why all that other data isn't present. Reply

I'd love to know where the price comparisons came from... don't seem even close to reality. The PC Power & Cooling 860 can't be found less than 269 at NE or 279 at TD. I want to buy one and would love to pay $215... Reply

Obviously, prices change over time. Christoph wrote the text over a week ago, and there was a delay in my editing and posting. I didn't take the time to research every single price a second time, as that can be very tedious. Reply

looks more like paid placement recommended by anandtech to me. how much do you guys charge to have an item in these "buyer's guides"?

sure these are good psus, but there are many, many more that are just as good and not on the list. also, wasn't one of the recommended ocz units having an issue in one of your reviews w/ a multi-gpu setup? could have sworn it was a 800-1000W ocz unit that couldn't even put out less than 300-400W continuous, not even long enough for you guys to finish your test. Reply

We charge as much as we charge for any other article: nothing. Send us the hardware, and we'll get a review done. Listing every potential part that is close to the same quality gets tedious, and it goes without saying that we haven't tested every part. Christoph has tested or is testing all of the PSUs mentioned here, so he's comfortable making recommendations. There are also quite a few PSUs he's tested which aren't on the list, for one reason or another.

The main reason for the article is to provide a broader overview of the PSU market. Many overlook this important component, and settle for cheap options that are inefficient and potentially unstable. Reply